Pierre le Roux

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Pierre le Roux

Director

ABOUT

Pierre le Roux is a Director in the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions practice area. He specialises in mergers & acquisitions in South Africa; structured loans and security; commercial property; agricultural commercial transactions; and black economic empowerment transactions. Pierre also has deep experience in corporate finance and structuring; corporate governance; listings/flotations; leveraged and management buy-outs; private equity; public offerings and private placements; and general commercial transactions. He is highly skilled in commercial transactions in a number of sectors – especially short-term insurance; retail; food production; tourism; and agriculture – as well as large property transactions and the financing thereof.

Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions

Structured loans and security

Commercial property

Agricultural commercial transactions

Black Economic Empowerment transactions

Corporate finance and structuring

Corporate governance

Listings/flotations

Leveraged and management buy-outs

Private equity

Public offerings and private placements

General commercial transactions

Commercial transactions in a number of sectors, especially short term insurance industry, retail sector, food production sector, tourism sector and the agricultural sector

Large property transactions and the financing thereof

BCom LLB (Stellenbosch University)

Grad Dip (Tax) (University of Cape Town)

Conveyancer and Notary

1986: Partner, Jan S. de Villiers

2001: Managing Partner, Jan S. de Villiers

2009: Director, Werksmans

Deputy Chairman of Werksmans from 2009 – 2012

Named as a recommended lawyer in Corporate/M&A by PLC Which Lawyer (2009 - 2011)

Completed the Mediation course by the London School of Mediators

Named as a recommended lawyer in Corporate M&A by the Legal 500 (2016)

Over 30 years of experience in commercial law in many sectors such as banking, retail, insurance, property, IT, agriculture and property and has acted for many high profile businesses such as Shoprite, Pepkor, Santam, Pioneer, Steinhoff. Recent relevant public transactions that he advised on and that may be of interest include the Steinhoff/Pepkor/Brait merger earlier this year and the sale of Fundamo (cell phone payment platform) to VISA a couple of years ago